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Understanding the reasons some transgender people quit treatment is key to improving it, especially for the rising number of minors seeking to medically transition, experts say. But for many researchers, detransitioning and regret have long been untouchable subjects.
For years, Dr Kinnon MacKinnon, like many people in the transgender community, considered the word "regret" to be taboo. MacKinnon, a 37-year-old transgender man and assistant professor of social work at York University here, thought it was.
Two groups of health-care professionals not mentioned in the plan, nurse practitioners and pharmacists, say they're still waiting for more information from the provincial government on how they fit into the picture.